Earlier this week iPhone and PS3 jailbreaker George Hotz announced that he planned to jailbreak Windows 7 phones. On Thursday Microsoft's developer platform product management lead Brandon Watson told Hotz via Twitter that he would send him a phone:

"#geohot if you want to build cool stuff on #wp7, send me e-mail and the team will give you a phone--let dev creativity flourish #wp7dev," he tweeted.

Later in the day Microsoft said that they had exchanged several emails, continuing the conversation:

"Brandon Watson and GeoHot exchanged a few notes following Brandon's Twitter posting yesterday, “a Microsoft spokesperson told C|Net. "They discussed providing GeoHot with a device. Microsoft in deeply invested in sustaining strong relationships with a wide range of developers and enthusiasts and are always interested in what we can learn from those communities." [URL=http://www.gamepolitics.com/2011/01/21/microsoft-reaches-out-george-hotz-over-windows-7-phone][B][COLOR=#8e0505]Read More[/COLOR][/B][/URL]

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